Blog Posts

  • Ravi could have used some guardrails: Re-Examining the “Billy Graham Rule”

    The egalitarian culture in which we live provides endless opportunities to conflict with a clear vision of God creating man and woman as distinct. Within conservative evangelical circles these distinctions have been addressed most robustly – outside of the teaching of individual churches – by the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. The Billy Graham…

  • The Radical, Offensive Gospel of Grace

    The scandal of the gospel compared to the scandal of the Bachelor.

  • Hope Deferred

    28 Week Update on Penny’s Progress

  • Against Limited Atonement

    Introduction I am grateful to many of those in Christ who hold to the theological perspective known as Calvinism. I believe Calvinism, with its high view of God, provided a much needed correction to the man centered religion that was threatening to overwhelm the American Church in the 20th century. I have been blessed by…

  • Pastors, Be Content with Your Church; Church, Be Content with Your Pastor

    The road to Branson is adorned with billboards. (Surely, as an aphorism, it will go viral.) Shows, restaurants, hotels, and assorted other venues that make their money off of the tourism industry promote themselves along Highway 65 in hopes of capturing more of the visitors who are the economic lifeline of the town Homer Simpson…